This blog post Overcoming Inertia originally appeared in the September/October 2017 Newsletter for bestfriendsatthebar.com. I recently spoke with a reporter who was trying to shape a “you against them” story about my business, WILL – Women Interested in Leaving...

Before leaving office, Barack Obama met with the New York Times book critic, Michiko Kakutani and said, “Storytelling brings people together to have the courage to take action on behalf of their lives.” Think of a favorite story… Whether it’s a...

Remember that silly but fun game of adding the phrase “in bed” the end of a fortune cookie saying? “You shall have a satisfying year.”… in bed. “Those who treat each other with kindness, will receive kindness.“….in bed. I have...

Contemporary neuroscience shows us that the more we focus on something the stronger our neuro pathways become. The more we think about it, literally the stronger it gets. To change our lives, be happier and less fearful, we have to redirect our thoughts to focus on...

I know you’re hardly kicking back on the beach, making your way through the latest Oprah Book Club selection. So here are a few quick-nuggets-of-wisdom kind of reading (and listening!) for you. These books and podcasts have been whipping my mind and to-do list...

Recently, I asked one of the lawyers I work with, “What would you do if failure was not an option?”. She couldn’t answer right away. She said, “I’ve buried those parts of myself so far down, I don’t know. I need to think about...